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Quantum oscillation study of the kagome superconductor

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Abstract

Kagome metals AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, Cs) are recently discovered platforms featuring an unusual charge-density-wave (CDW) order and superconductivity. The electronic band structure of a kagome lattice can host both flat bands as well as Dirac-like bands, offering the possibility to stabilize various quantum states. I will present the electronic structure study of CsV3Sb5 via Shubnikov-de Haas quantum oscillations. We unambiguously reveal the existence of new frequencies with large frequencies ranging from ∼2085 T to ∼2717 T in thin flakes when the magnetic field is along the c-axis. These quasi-two-dimensional frequencies correspond to ∼52% to 67% of the CDW-distorted Brillouin zone volume. The Lifshitz-Kosevich analysis further uncovers surprisingly small cyclotron effective masses, of the order of ∼0.1 me, for these frequencies. Consequently, a large number of high-velocity carriers exists in the thin flake of CsV3Sb5. Furthermore, the detected high frequencies cannot be captured by the DFT calculations even with the CDW distortion considered. Our results provide new information for understanding the fermiology of the kagome superconductor AV3Sb5.

Publication: W. Zhang, L. Wang, C. W. Tsang, X. Liu, J. Xie, W. C. Yu, K. T. Lai, and S. K. Goh, "Emergence of large quantum oscillation frequencies in thin flakes of a kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5," arXiv:2202.08570 (2022).

Presenters

  • Wei Zhang

    Chinese University of Hong Kong

Authors

  • Wei Zhang

    Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Lingfei Wang

    Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Chun Wai Tsang

    Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Xinyou Liu

    Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Jianyu Xie

    Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Wing Chi Yu

    City University of Hong Kong

  • Kwing To Lai

    Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Swee Kuan K Goh

    Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong